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Lessons for Canada from pharmacare systems around the world
23 November 2018 - In its 2018 budget, the federal government created an advisory council on the implementation of national ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Nov 2018
Health rebate battle is brewing
23 November 2018 - The standard rate of the health insurance rebate is likely to fall below 25% next year, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Nov 2018
Scandals catch up to private Chinese hospitals, after fortunes are made
15 November 2018 - Chen Deliang, wearing an orange tunic, a gold watch and fluffy bedroom slippers decorated with snowflakes ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Nov 2018
Poor value sees younger people dropping private health insurance
18 November 2018 - Younger people are ditching private health cover or not taking up cover in the first place, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2018
'Reinsurance' Obamacare fix wins bipartisan support in Senate
13 November 2018 - Sen. Joe Manchin III, a West Virginia Democrat who just won re-election in one of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2018
My Health Record opt-out deadline extended after system crash
14 November 2018 - Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has agreed to extend the My Health Record opt-out deadline, after ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2018
Democrats won a mandate on health care. How will they use it?
10 November 2018 - Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats stressed protections for pre-existing conditions in the midterm elections. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2018
CVS to test stores with added health services early next year after Aetna deal closes
6 November 2018 - CVS expects its roughly $69 billion acquisition of health insurer Aetna to close before Thanksgiving. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2018
Health Minister Greg Hunt to announce My Health Record changes
6 November 2018 - Health Minister Greg Hunt is poised to announce long-awaited changes to the government's My Health Record ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Nov 2018
17 million Australians to be automatically enrolled in My Health record
5 November 2018 - About 17 million Australians will be automatically enrolled in the My Health record if they do ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2018
How to make US health care more equitable and less costly: begin by replacing employment-based insurance
2 November 2018 - Among the most important domestic policy problems in the United States is the high cost of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Oct 2018
States threaten hospital funding war over $600m 'recalculation'
25 October 2018 - A dispute between the Commonwealth and the states and territories over health funding has reached critical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2018
Should health care shift toward a blockchain-based efficiency model?
22 October 2018 - In times of medical emergency, an ambulance ride of just a few miles can cost thousands ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2018
$6.8 billion ‘high claim’ health cost sparks private insurer outcry
23 October 2018 - Australia’s private health funds paid $6.82 billion in “high claims” in one year, prompting renewed concerns ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Oct 2018
Premiums for most popular type of Obamacare plan will drop next year
11 October 2018 - Affordable Care Act navigators helping people sign up for health insurance in 2016. This year’s open enrolment ...